Urban Christian fiction

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Urban Christian fiction is a subgenre of Christian fiction and urban fiction in which conflicting stories of emotion and vividness mixes God, the urban church, and faith. Violence and sex is not purposely excluded, but are included whenever necessary for the story line.[1] God is the center of the characters lives in Urban Christian Fiction and these stories usually portray African-American or Latino urban culture.[1] Urban Christian publishing company publishes urban Christian books along with other subdivisions of urban Christian which includes urban renaissance and urban soul.[2] Some best-selling authors in this genre for 2012 are Kimberla Lawson Roby, Victoria Christopher Murray,Tony Dungy,Lutishia Lovely,Neta Jackson, Keyon C. Polite, Serita Jakes (Bishop T.D. Jakes' wife), and ReShonda Tate Billingsley.[3] Some book titles and authors of urban Christian fiction are: Married Strangers by Dwan Abrams, Sheena's Dream by Marilyn Mayo Anderson, First Comes Love by Shana Johnson Burton, Count It All Joy by Ashea Goldson, Secrets and Lies by Rhonda McKnight, Til Debt Do Us Part by Michelle Larks, and Soul Confessions by Monique Miller.[4] Urban Christian fiction is classified as part of the African-American Christian Market (AACM), where the hot-selling topics are fiction, books for dating, dramatic testimony, and single parenting.[5] Prominent pastors of megachurches and leaders of powerful ministries contributes largely to AACM.[5] Baker Publishing Group is one publisher to make an authentic impact in publishing African-American authors of Christian fiction and religious materials.[5]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 BlogaBook, "Urban Christian Fiction Growing in Popularity," http://blogs.hcplonline.org/blogabook/index.php/2009/03/urban-christian-fiction-growing-in-popularity/
  2. ↑ Urban Christian, http://www.urbanbooks.net/Urban-Christian/index.html, (accessed 9 May 2012)
  3. ↑ Urban Christian News, "Bestsellers List," http://www.urbanchristiannews.com/ucn/urban-christian-news-bestsellers-list.html (accessed 12 May 2012)
  4. ↑ Hennepin County Library, "Bookspace," http://www.hclib.org/pub/bookspace/mybooklists/showlist.cfm?ListID=4726 (accessed 14 May 2012)
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Publisher's Weekly, "African-American Market Comes of Age," http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/print/20080901/15769-african-american-market-comes-of-age-.html (accessed 14 May 2012)
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